CHAPTER 77

As I lay on my bed, facing the ceiling, my mind replayed the conversation I had with Faris at Lisa's grave. "I want to chase you. I want to keep you close to me. I want to own you. But I can't. Because no matter what I do, I can never be...him. I can never beat the man who is ready to take on the world for you. The man who breaks the odds to be you and chooses you over his longtime lover. I can never beat the man whom you love like sunlight in the summer and who loves you like the queen that you are." "Call me a coward if you like. But I know best when to fight and when to let go. So...I am letting you go." He had said Connor loved me. And he had said it as though he was so sure about his words. How true was that? If it was true, why didn't I see it myself all this while? How was he able to hide it so perfectly well? A knock came on the door and Connor's deep voice followed. "Kenz?" My heart fluttered wildly at his mere voice and I tried to keep my overly excited emotions in chec